CCR Policy Seminars - Policy Development and Research Project

CCR's Policy Development and Research (PDR) Project convenes policy advisory group meetings in Africa with about 20-25 participants. CCR also organises policy seminars with about 60 participants, which focus on PDR's research areas: Southern Africa's Peacebuilding Challenges; Post-conflict Peacebuilding: the AU, the UN, and Civil Society; HIV/AIDS and Post-conflict Societies; and Peacebuilding: Africa and the European Union (Africa Programme 2008 - 2012). CCR's policy research between 2004 and 2008 focused on: South Africa's role in Africa; The UN's role in Africa; The relationship between the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD); and HIV/AIDS and security.

CCR sends its concept papers to participants invited to its policy seminars. These papers outline the key objectives and themes of policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings. Presentations by participants, and/or chapters commissioned by CCR for these seminars, are subsequently used to produce policy reports and edited volumes, which CCR then disseminates widely both within and outside Africa.

The following is a list of seminar reports and concept papers from policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings conducted by the Policy Development and Research project.

2010

1. Building Peace in Southern Africa
   Cape Town, South Africa, 25-26 February 2010
   Concept paper for the meeting »
2. Post-Conflict Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Policy brief)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 19-20 April 2010
   Concept paper for the meeting »
3. Stabilising Sudan: Domestic, Sub-regional, and Extra-regional Challenges
   Cape Town, South Africa, 23-24 August 2010
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2009

The following two policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2009:

1. Taming the Dragon? Defining Africa's Interests at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) (Seminar report)
   Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, 13-14 July 2009
   Concept paper for the meeting »
2. Peacebuilding in Post-Cold War Africa: Problems, Progress, and Prospects (Seminar report)
   Gaborone, Botswana, 25-28 August 2009
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2008

The following three policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2008:

1. Security and Development in Southern Africa (Seminar report)
   Johannesburg, 8-10 June 2008
   Concept paper for the meeting »
2. The Relationship between Africa and the UN: From Disenchantment to a More Effective Co-operation
   New York, United States, 20-21 June 2008
3. From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa: Africa and Europe in a New Century (Seminar report)
   Stellenbosch, South Africa, 11-13 September 2008
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2007

The following eight policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2007:

1. Africa's Responsibility to Protect (Seminar report)
   Somerset West, South Africa, 23-24 April 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
2. Peace versus Justice? Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and War Crimes Tribunals in Africa (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 17-18 May 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
3. Southern Africa: Building an Effective Security and Governance Architecture for the 21st Century (Seminar report)
   Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 29-30 May 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
4. Africa's Evolving Human Rights Architecture (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, 28-29 June 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
5. HIV/AIDS and Militaries in Africa (Seminar report)
   Windhoek, Namibia 9-10 February 2006; Cairo, Egypt 8-9 September 2007; and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 9-10 November 2007)
   Concept paper for the Cairo meeting »
   Concept paper for the Addis Ababa meeting »
   Concept paper for the Windhoek meeting »
6. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? China and Africa: Engaging the World's Next Superpower (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 17-18 September 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
7. EurAfrique? Africa and Europe in a New Century (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 31 October - 1 November 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »
8. Preventing Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect: Challenges for the UN, Africa, and the International Community (Seminar report)
   Stellenbosch, South Africa, 13-15 December 2007
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2006

The following eight policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2006:

1. Namibia's Chair of the SADC Organ: HIV/AIDS and Militaries in Southern Africa
   Windhoek, Namibia, 9-10 February 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »
2. AIDS and Society in South Africa: Building a Community of Practice (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 27-28 March 2006
3. South Sudan Within A New Sudan (Seminar report)
   Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, 20-21 April 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »
4. HIV/AIDS and Human Security in South Africa (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 26-27 June 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »
5. African Perspectives on the UN Peacebuilding Commission (Seminar report)
   Maputo, Mozambique, 3-4 August 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »
6. United Nations Mediation Experience in Africa (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 16-17 October 2006
7. West Africa's Evolving Security Architecture: Looking Back to the Future (Seminar report)
   Accra, Ghana, 30-31 October 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »
8. The United Nations and Africa: Peace, Development and Human Security (Seminar report)
   Maputo, Mozambique, 14-16 December 2006
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2005

The following five policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2005:

1. The Human Security Dimensions of HIV/AIDS: A Brainstorming Workshop (Background document)
   13 May 2005
2. A More Secure Continent, African Perspectives on the UN High-Level Panel Report, A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility (Seminar report)
   Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa, 23-24 April 2005
   Concept paper for the meeting »
3. Whither SADC? Southern Africa's Post-Apartheid Security Agenda (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 18-19 June 2005
   Concept paper for the meeting »
4. Building an African Union for the 21st Century: Relations with Regional Economic Communities (RECS), NEPAD and Civil Society (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 20-22 August 2005
   Concept paper for the meeting »
5. HIV/AIDS and Human Security: An Agenda for Africa (Seminar report)
   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-10 September 2005
   Concept paper for the meeting »

2004

The following four policy seminars and policy advisory group meetings were held in 2004:

1. The New Partnership for Africa's Security: The United Nations, Regional Organisations and Future Security Threats in Africa (Seminar report)
   Cape Town, South Africa, 21-23 May 2004
2. South Africa in Africa: The Post-Apartheid Decade (Seminar report)
   Stellenbosch, South Africa, 29 July-1 August 2004
3. South Africa's Role as Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security
   Tshwane, (Pretoria), South Africa, 30 November 2004
4. The AU/NEPAD and Africa's Evolving Governance and Security Architecture (Seminar report)
   Misty Hills, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11-12 December 2004
   Concept paper for the meeting »